A bad priest, a pair of mapmaking raccoons, a bison queen, and a very clever fox…
We’re thrilled to share the cover of The Navigating Fox, a charming and weird fable from author Christopher Rowe—forthcoming September 26th from Tordotcom Publishing.
“Half fable, half caper, and a pure joy to read. If I have to go to hell, this is the fox I want to take me there.”—Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Book of Night
Quintus Shu’al, the world’s only navigating fox, is in disgrace after guiding an expedition to its doom, leaving no survivors. One year later, Quintus is offered the chance to redeem himself: he will need to lead a team of motley, fractious team—both human and animal—all the way to the gates of hell.
Praise for The Navigating Fox
“The Navigating Fox is something only Christopher Rowe could deliver: a twisty New Weird noir mystery that follows a bad priest, a pair of mapmaking raccoons, a bison queen, and a very clever fox. There’s nothing like it; you have to read it.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches
“As clever and daring as its eponymous namesake, The Navigating Fox is a rich, weird fable—stocked with a vivid cast of characters in a world that’s deeply peculiar, and completely fascinating.”—Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker and Flight Risk
“A trip to Hell you’re going to want to take: Christopher Rowe’s The Navigating Fox asks the eternal question where do we come from? in a story that is completely charming, philosophical, enlightening, entertaining, and clever as, well, a fox.”—Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor
“Whimsical, rakish, and touching—and also there are talking raccoons!”—Max Gladstone, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author
“How mysterious is the Navigating Fox! But no more so than the bargains he strikes, the deceptions he weaves, and the paths he walks: geographical, political, ecumenical, and otherwise. The Navigating Fox is by turns charming, biting, enigmatic, languorous, and dangerous, and leaves the horizon just a bit more infinite than before.”—C. S. E. Cooney, author of Saint Death’s Daughter
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The Navigating Fox
Christopher Rowe is the author of the acclaimed story collection Telling the Map, as well as a middle grade series, the Supernormal Sleuthing Service, co-written with his wife, author Gwenda Bond. He has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Neukom, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. He lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and their many unruly pets.
